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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1910)
BEAVER STATE HERALD ^^RYF p /04, Sulmcription, $1.00 a Year. GRESHAM, MULTNOMAH CO., OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1910. WITH THE CITY MT. HOOD ROAD WATER PROJECT WORK IS RDSHED Mayor Shattuck and Clerk Rola-rta Resumed activity on the Mt. Hood were iu Portland Thursday looking after railroad .luring the past two weeks has the contract with that city for a supply I caused mor.- excitement, interest and of water for the city of Gresham. The comment in Gresham and vicinity than contract with the city of Portland ia any event in the history of thia part of all ready to Ire signed and will ba ready the county and th manner in which to act on within a abort time. The the railroad jieople have re-openi-d op town will then ba ready to dis|s>ee of i .-rations all along the line clearly dem ita bond issue and atari work on the onstrates that the fondest Impest of the water and drainage system. It ia , people in tins locality are to be realised. planned to take tire water direct from The fact that all operations as to the the new pi|«e that ia being laid. You construction of the road had l-e.-n sus- have not consider«! this, think what it |H-ndc.i for the past two years had con- tneana to Gresham. No etale water for ' veyed the gem-ral idea that the project tla. Always fresh from the mountina, had been practically abandoned. In cold and pure. The treat reservoir in | consequence <>f this fact the public the world cannot equal thia in purity was not hasty to tielieve that the < o Our water will Ire even tret ter than ha.l really resumed work on the r--ad Portland's which lias Irecoine famous. Construction. Such is 'lie case how- As a consideration tor thia unexcelled ever and it is |s>ssihle that the line will aupply of natures' Ix-st beverage (ireah- have steel laid as far as the Sandy river ani will pay a minimum of 47fto. If by N'qw Years dav. the meter aupply of water exceeds that, The camps along the line organized wo will |ray for the excess Anyway, recently are the scenes of activity and can you conceive of a plan whereby a scores of men are at work grading hu .I pumping plant, or any other form of preparing right of way. At the camp supplying the water will la- ao econo near tills city a headquarters has Is en mically conducted Any sort of plant established and her.- the rolling st->ck would require more money Aa ar ami locomotive is kept. From this |sjinl ranged, the only outlay of the system the steel gang is working toward Gresh will la* that <>l extending mains Water am ami yesterday the rails had nearly rent at a very reasonable rate will meet Is-en laid t<> the city. the coat, pay the interest, and provide During the past week engineers have a sinking fund for the retirement of the been busy in and near Gresham, as.-er- bonds taing the best and final route for tl e road through the city and on toward the power house. It is probable that Ihdth of Mrs. 0. A. I lllotl the former route selected will Is- fol Mra. 11 A. Elliott waa Isirn at Redalia, low'd but some slight changes may Is- Cooper County. Miaa.uiri, on December made. The r-.ad will run in the city fl, IM I, ami died iictola-r 27, 1910, at close to Division streel for several blocks the age of tM years, 10 months, 21 days. until a point In-tween ll.ssl and Rob Mra. Elliott waa mar ied June 27, erts avenues is reachd. Here a site lNfll, to E. E. Elliott in I'etia county, has Is-en select«! for a depot and .M<>. She came with lo r husband across grounds. The sidetracks will In- put in the plains In IM.’i and lia-ated on a at a point cast of the de|s>t grounds. homestead at I>aina«i-us, where they After leaving Division street the road lived until lHtw>. They iniivel to Powell will run to a line further south, thence Valley where she lived until her death. through the Gedemke, Tallnit, and She leaves a husband and seven child Wright tracts and east toward Bull Run ren to mourn her Iowa. They are, A. B. and Sandy. and E. L. Elliott of Powell Valley, F. The Mt. Hood road will run into W, of Dawson, Alaska, E. E. Elliott of Portland on the <>. K. A N. right of Eagle Creek. .1 C Elliott of Damascus. way but a separate track will In- built, .Mrs Lulu Simmons, and .Mrs. Florence contrary to the report which has be- n Whilon. Alao a host of friends mourn circulated to the effect that they would her loss. She was convert«! at a very use the O. R. A N. track from Monta- early age and lived a constant Chris villa to Portland. In Portland the tian life. She waa a member of the yards will be oil the East side north of Baptist church. Iler funeral will la- Sul ivan gulch. It will perhaps cross held from the Baptist church in Gresh the Willamette on the steel bridge. am. Sunday afternoon, October !M), at It is staid from what is believed to I o’clock. Is- a standpoint of truth that the Mt II. mh I road, as it now stands, is not the local concern that it might have been Next iMnie dt Rockwood in the start only making nearby points Rockwood Grange will give ita next but that it is a movement of the great dance Saturday night, Oct 29. Richards Milwaukee system and will ill all prob orchestra will lie there and the usual ability reach to other lines connecting grange supper will lie served. Tickets with tin-eastern country. b>r the dance fl. Supper extra. Un desirables will not la- allowed to remain Delineator, Pearsons Magazine and nor will they la- sold tickets if known. 43 Herald |8 M) for 12.2ft. Subscribe. Vol. 6. No. 43. METHODIST PASTOR MANY TOPICS THE QUESTION OF FOR DISCUSSION WARMLY WELCOMED THE EMPLOYERS’ LIABILITY Believe That the Contract May be as Far as Sandy River With Portland Will Soon By Jan. 1 — Rails Now Laid be Signed. Inside Gresham Limits An — % G resham Representative Gathering in Columbia Grange Plans an Odd Fellows Hall—Inter Interesting Meeting for esting Program. November 5 Important Political Question In Bill No. 330 Which Is Causing Much Discussion in This Locality A special educational meeting will be The new pastor of the Methodist church. Rev. J. F. Dunlop, and hie held at Columbia Grange Hall Satur wife were given a royal welcome by the day, Novembers. An interesting pro members an I many friends of the gram baa been arranged on which is Considerable objection is being raised I ia not right, it would be next to impoei- church, Thursday night, the Odd Fel represented the public schools, the lows hall being kindly given for the oc grange, and the free library—the prin ti the initiative bill relative to the em i hie to erase the same. casion. About 150 persons assembled cipal fa-tore in rural education. Mr. It oc-urs to us that the question ployers liability. In this as in most of should lie carefully and duly considered to participate in the expressions of good R. F. Roliertaon, county superintendent of schools, will talk on county schools, questions there are two views, and as either by a commission or by a chosen fellowship. The program of the evening began while Miss Mary Frances Ison, librar usual the promoters of the bill, the la committee of legislature, and we should bor leaders, overlook their obligations co-operate with other Pacific coast states with a violin solo by Mrs. Martens. ian of the free county library, will The chairman, W. H. Bachmeyer, then speak of the value of books to the farm to the employe. No argument is nec and i-ossibly our other adjoining states, -[«ike a few words of general welcome ers. The local schools at Brower, -in a measure of thi< kind, tiecause if we essary to show that an employer who announce! the other speakers. O. W. Egypt, Hurlburt, Mountain, and Cor pass Ps> drastic measure it would affect willfully, or carlesaly, or through miser our business interests ami possibly de- Tarr told of the relation of the official bett, are each to (urnish a number dn ly motives, fail to secure the safety of ter many small concerns or new in- Isiard to the pastor and gave him a the program. The best compositions on "The Book I Like Best," contribut his employes, so far as possible, de dustries from starting within our warm welcome on tiehalf of the church ed by the pupils of these schools, will membership ’ H. L. St. Clair repre- serves punishment That done the em horde-s. It would not only affect the employing interests but the laboring seated the nearly 250 enrolled in the be read and prizes awarded. ployes' liability should cease. I'nfor- The open session will begin at 1:30 Sunday school and spoke of that as the man as well. Seen accidents, due to the carelessness In consulting with many of our lead church school, the pastor’s greatest op and it is hoped that everybody interest ed in any oi these subjects, whether a of the workman or to breakage cannot ing business men we find that there portunity and chief encouragment. l>e honestly charged to the employe. A seen s to he an inclination to leave this The pastor responded in a very pleas-. member of the grange or not, will come further argument for the employer is matter Co a commissisn of men chosen ing way. thanking the people for their to this meeting. that his men assume risks incident to from al! walks of life and then we are expressions of loyalty. The climax : the occupation when they accept the sure of impartiality and fairness to all. came when he was required to bring Got Solid Colored Vote |s>sition. Noone is compelled to ac This would require a vote on No 346. his little wife forward and give those . A story is going the rounds about one cept and retain a position that is un present an opportunity to show that of the experience of A. W. Lafferty, the satisfactory If he is not willing to their warm welcome include«! her also. PLLASANI ttOMt Republican nominee for congreee, when share in the risk he should seek em A solo by Miss Minnie Lawrence and I .aura Shipley who is attending high a piano duet by Miss Clifford and Mrs. be was making his strenuous campaign ployment elsewhere. lor the comination before the primary Many employers are unable to sup school at Oswego visited at home Sun Sterling helped to enliven the occasion. election. After his speech at Canyon ply their shops or operations with every day. A fine treat of coffee, sandwiches and Glen Hunter and family of Portland cake awaited everyone in the dining City a colored man introduced himself safety appliance. To Is- required to do to the candidate as Tom Sewell. so would mean the dosing down of s|*mt the week with his mother. Mrs. room. While the young people played "I just wanted to tell you that I can their business. Neitlu-r employer nor Can non. games, others joined in social converse. pledge you the solid colored vote of employe can stand that. II. West, the Jersey breeder of Sca- Rev. J. F. Dunlop came here Dorn Grant County, ’ said Sewell. That the interests of employer and poose, visited B. C. Altman recently. Tillamook where he was pastor during “Well, well! Is that so?” exclaimed workman are mutual is not always con Mrs. Hattie Stephens and Mi-s Alice the past two year-. Previous to coming Lafferty, highly pleased. sidered. ami yet it frequently occur» Stephens of Portland visited relatives a to Oregon he spent several years in : “Yes,” said Sewell, “I am going to- that the workman is getting the best of few days. Mrs. Stephens is on her way important charges in Montana. His vote lor you, and lam the only colored the business. If he works on daily east to s[u-nd the winter. ministry began in Iowa about IS years man in the county.” wages he is sure of bis income, while ago. Mr. Dunlop finds here a well or Katie Anderson is visiting her sister his employer is not, and he expects ganized church with over a hundred , Mrs. Johnson. The best plaster. A piece of flannel Ills wages and is frequently indifferent members. He is undoubtedly is the J. N. Campbell was tendered a sur- 1 right man for the place ami his work dampened with Chamberlain’s Lini as to the other's profits. The employer ment and bound on over the affected must furnish the plant, keep it in re prise party Saturday evening, I before promises to lie very successful. parts is superior to a plaster and cost» pair, stand all burden of losses through their departure. A very dainty aúp only one-tenth as much. For sale by breakage, wearing, carelessness of em per was served at midnight and all en- You are not experimenting on your- Gresham Drug Co. ployes. dec-line in prices, in short he joyed the evening. Chas. Hunter and wife visited Mr. self when you take Chamberlain's Ims all the risks to run and is paid if Cough Remedy for a cold as that pre there is anything left after tin bills are and Mrs. Altman Sunday. Now is a good time to renew covered—bills incurred that he may Miss Minnie Kelly and Herold are paration has won its great reputation pull through and have- money to pay spending the week with Mrs. McKin and extensive sale by its remarkable your subscription to the Beaver cures of colds. and can always be de- State Herald. Ins wage list and maintain his business. ney and her mother. pende.1 upon, It is equallv valuable The w hole risk is taken by the employer for adults and children and may be and the workman gets the only sure The Evening Telegram will have a I given to young children with implicit The Evening Telegram will have a benefit. If the employer gives up in bargain -lay this year. Send us $4 25 bargain day this year. Send us $4.25 confidence as it contains no harmful dispair the workman is the lesser loser, lie loses his job, the employer bis in ami we will order the Telegram for a drug. For sale by Gresham Drug Co. and we will order the Telegram lor a year and send the Herald too, for one year and send the Herald too for one vestment. year. year. Subscribe for The Herald, $J-a year. Portland commercial organizations, namely the Chamber of Commerce, the Employers Association, the Manufac turers Association and the United Met al Trades Association, have issued the following statement in regard to the pas-inc of the Employers Libility l.aw at the coming election : There seems to be much interest shown in the Employers liability bills of this state which are to be on the ballot and voted for on election day. Organized lalsir seems to be very anxious to have bill No. 3;t0 pasta-d ami are using every means in theii hands to carry through this measure. We be lieve also the employers are interest«! in bill No 346, but it appears tnat I with parties are in much haste to adjust this great question. New York has pas««l a law which went into effect Sept. 10. This is en- till«l the Workmans Compensation I .aw ami it applies to workmen engaged in manual or mechanical lab r in cer tain vocations whereby the work ingman if lie meets with an accident ia positive of receiving a weekly renumer ation, or if be meets with death his family receives »certain amount from the employer. New York state has al so passed another law whereby it is optional with the employer or employe, i which went into effect Sept. 1. Wisconsin lisa » commission with ai report from same to be passed on at the | next assembly of legislature. Minnesota lias a law which has been suggest«l by a commissiond. It would I seem that this is a question so great that there should not be great haste in j deciding it by the initiative. Should we make a mistake and get something on the statute liooks which MANDT WAGONS Everybody's talking about them. They're the Best. Guaranteed by the Factory We are making very low prices on Wagons, Harness, Buggies and Farm Implements. $2 Full Lined Heavy Burlap Horse Blankets, $1.32}. 40^ off on all Chase’s Winter Robes. $50 No. 1 Team Hamess at . . $37.50 $18.50 Single Hamess at .... $14.35 Good Farm Hamess al . . $27.50 $16.00 Single Hamess at .... $12.50 $33.50 Double Driving Hamess at . $25.75 Good Double Hamess at .... • • $17.50 Snap on Some Buggies we are closing out. See our Big Stock of Goods in the Moline Plow Co. Bldg., 320-328 E. Morrison St., Portland C. L. BOSS & CO.